German Lawmakers Offer Edward Snowden Conditional Asylum (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

Spies, Lies & The NSA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama is facing incredible pressure to answer questions about why he oversaw the spying on foreign leaders, specifically the tapping of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. German lawmakers announced that in retaliation they would offer asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden if he will testify about the NSA.

Director of Intelligence James Clapper claimed that foreign agencies conduct these types of spying operations on the United States frequently. Russian leaders were accused at the G-20 summit of passing out ‘bugged gift bags’ that contained USB sticks and chargers containing spyware.

Screen Shot 2013-10-30 at 9.21.22 PMAuthor of the PATRIOT Act Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has offered a new bill called the FREEDOM Act which would stop dragnet collections of American phone records. It would also place stronger protections on exactly who can be targeted for surveillance and appoint a special advocate to the FISA courts to protect privacy rights. We’ve provided a copy of this bill below the video report.

The ACLU calls this “real spying reform” writing the following on their website:

Although the USA FREEDOM Act does not fix every problem with the government’s surveillance authorities and programs, it is an important first step and it deserves broad support. It incorporates the language and principles of past reform leaders likeSens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Reps. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.), and it is far superior to the proposal recently described by Senate Intelligence Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), which we expect to see shortly.

All members of the House and Senate should co-sponsor the USA FREEDOM Act and fight hard for its passage.

 


 

USA Freedom Act

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

1 comment

Inconsistencies October 31, 2013 at 8:08 pm

Nothing the government does will ever bring us freedom since government is force, and hence, the negation of freedom. By passing a bill like the “Freedom Act”, they are essentially saying, “We are sorry we took all of your freedoms away with the last bill, so here are a couple of freedoms back.” F@ck them. DO NOT COMPLY.

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